|Full description=A compression utility designed to replace 'compress'. Much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms are its main advantages over compress. Gzip decompresses files created by gzip, compress, or pack; it detects the input format automatically.

|Full description=A compression utility designed to replace 'compress'. Much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms are its main advantages over compress. Gzip decompresses files created by gzip, compress, or pack; it detects the input format automatically.

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|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip

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|Is GNU=Yes

|User level=intermediate

|User level=intermediate

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|Computer languages=C

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|Documentation note=User manual available from http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html

Latest revision as of 11:29, 24 July 2013

gzip

http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip
A compression utility designed to replace 'compress'. Much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms are its main advantages over compress. Gzip decompresses files created by gzip, compress, or pack; it detects the input format automatically.

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